| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 443 |
| Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 2 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 29 May 1941 |
| End service | 6 Mar 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 6 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Swanson (DD 443)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Marvin Peirce Kingsley, USN | 29 May 1941 | 24 Jul 1942 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Lewis Merrill Markham, Jr., USN | 24 Jul 1942 | 1 Dec 1942 |
| 3 | Cdr. Edward L. Robertson, Jr., USN | 1 Dec 1942 | 16 May 1944 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. William K. Ratliff, USN | 16 May 1944 | 19 Jul 1945 |
| 5 | Cdr. W. G. Collar, USN | 19 Jul 1945 | 6 Mar 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Swanson include:
29 Jan 1942
USS Swanson picks up 12 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ringstad that was torpedoed and sunk on 24 January 1942, about 85 miles southeast of Cape Race in position 45º50'N, 51º04'W, by the German submarine U-333.
16 Nov 1942
The German submarine U-173 was sunk at Casablanca in position 33º40'N, 07º35'W by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Woolsey, USS Swanson and USS Quick. (see map)